Meth Lab Found at Abandoned Burger King in San Marcos

KVUE is reporting that San Marcos officials found a portable meth lab at an abandoned Burger King.

A press release from the city said that the San Marcos Fire Department's Hazmat unit, and the Hays County Narcotics Task Force responded after police checked on a suspicious person call around 2 p.m. They discovered a backpack in the transient camp behind the building.

Police found several containers inside the backpack, one of which held an acidic powder that gave the officer a light skin burn.

Detectives arrived on the scene and determined the items in the bag were the "makings of a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory." That's when the Hazmat unit and narcotics task force were called to clean the area.